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Sep.1938 Founded as "Fujikura Kagaku Mfg. Co., Ltd." independently from "Fujikura Mfg. Co., Ltd. (present The Fujikura Rubber Works, Ltd.)" mainly manufacturing coatings for airplaine.
Sep.1957 Put on the market electroconductives "DOTITE" developed by the joint research with the Electrical Communication Laboratory of Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corporation.
Dec.1958 Changed name to "Fujikura Kasei Co., Ltd".
Aug.1962 Listed stocks on 2nd Dept. of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Jan.1971 Built and started manufacturing at Sano Plant.
Feb.1972 Introduced technology on coatings for plastics from "Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc." U.S.A.
May.1973 Introduced technology on waterbased elastic paint from Plastalloy Inc.
Jun.1981 Granted license on coatings for sputtering Farkas Engineering, France.
Nov.1981 Organized Laboratory of Coating technology at Sano Plant.
Jan.1984 Granted license on technology on coatings for plastics to Korea Chemical Co., Ltd.
July.1985 Founded a joint venture "Polytribo Inc." with Rohm and Haas Company in Philadelphia.
Apr.1987 Introduced suede like finish coating technology from "Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc."
Nov.1987 Introduced soft feeling paint technology from Karl Worwag, Lack-und Farbenfabrik.
Jun.1995 Built second Sano plant to scale up production of conductive materials.
July.1995 Opened Singapore liaison office.
May.1996 Established "Fujikura Kasei (Singapore) Pte Ltd." in Singapore.
Jun.1996 Erected Washimiya R & D Center.
Jun.1997 Opened Bangkok liaison office.
Feb.1999 Accorded ISO-9001 certification.
Apr.2000 Entered into Core Agreement with "Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc." in the U.S. and "Sonneborn & Rieck Ltd." in the U.K. to form three-way global alliance in the field of coatings for plastics technology and market.
Nov.2000 Built and atarted manufacturing at Sano new Plant.
Nov.2000 Accorded ISO-14001 certification.
Mar.2001 Listed stocks on 1st Dept. of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Apr.2002 Established "Fujikura Kasei (Thailand) Co., Ltd." in Bangkok.
Oct.2002 Opend Shanghai liaison office.
July.2004 Established "Fujikura Kasei Coating (Tianjin) Co., Ltd." in China.
Dec.2004 Accorded OHSAS-18001 certification.
July.2005 Established "Fujikura Kasei (Foshan) Coating Co., Ltd." in China.
Feb.2007 Built color matching center at Fujikura (Thailand).
Feb.2007 Built polymer plant at No.3 Sano Plant.
Mar.2007 Built waterborn coatings plant at Nagoya Branch.
May.2008 Aquisition of "Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co.,Inc."
Apr.2009 Acquisition of Medical materials business unit. Established Tsukuba Bio R&D Center.
Nov.2009 Established SHANGHAI "FUJIKURA KASEI COATING CO.,LTD." in China.
Oct.2010 Acquisition of "Sonneborn & Rieck Ltd." in the U.K. The company name of "Sonneborn & Rieck Ltd." was changed to "Fujichem Sonneborn Ltd." in Nov. 2010.
Nov.2010 Established "Fujikura Kasei Coating India Private Ltd." in India.
Oct.2011 Closed "Fujikura Kasei (Singapore) Pte Ltd."
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